Advanced Well Integrity Management

Protect containment before weak signals become failures

A practical, risk-based programme for strengthening the engineering judgment, integrity assurance and decision discipline required to manage wells safely and responsibly across the lifecycle.

5 Days | Advanced | Applied Technical Programme
Live Virtual | In-Person | Private Cohort

UPCOMING COHORTS

Live Virtual

Nov 2–6, 2026
5 Days | 5 Live Hours per Day
Americas | EMEA | APAC
US$4,495

Planning for a team?
Private cohorts and tailored corporate delivery are available.

Calgary

Jan 25-29, 2027
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
5 Days
US$4,995

Why This Capability Matters

Integrity failures rarely begin when the incident becomes visible.

They often develop earlier through changing barrier conditions, weak surveillance, unclear operating limits, deferred intervention or decisions that allow risk to accumulate.

For mature, late-life and integrity-critical wells, these conditions can affect containment, production continuity, regulatory assurance, intervention requirements and long-term asset value.

This programme strengthens the capability to recognize emerging integrity threats, interpret their significance and make proportionate decisions before weak signals become failures.

What Participants and Organizations Gain

Participants strengthen their ability to:

• Apply lifecycle well integrity and barrier-management principles.

• Evaluate barrier elements, verification requirements and well operating limits.

• Assess annular pressure behaviour and apply MAASP principles.

• Interpret surveillance and diagnostic information with greater confidence.

• Investigate integrity issues and identify practical mitigation measures.

• Apply structured risk assessment and Bow-Tie thinking.

• Translate standards and integrity policies into operational practice.

• Strengthen intervention, suspension and late-life integrity decisions.

Organizations benefit through:

Stronger Integrity Assurance
Improve barrier management, surveillance and risk-assessment discipline.

Reduced Integrity Exposure
Recognize emerging conditions before they develop into avoidable failures or costly remediation.

Better Production Decisions
Balance containment, production continuity, intervention and operational risk more effectively.

Stronger WIMS Capability
Improve alignment between policy, standards, technical authority, field execution and accountability.

Five-Day Learning Journey

The programme follows a progressive sequence from engineering foundations to operational integrity assurance.

Day 1 | Foundations, Well Construction & Materials

Well integrity lifecycle, well construction, tubing sizing, metallurgy, wellhead and Christmas tree selection, hydrate risk and project introduction.

Day 2 | Annular Pressure, MAASP & HPHT

Annular fluid expansion, annular pressure management, MAASP, MAWOP, operating thresholds and HPHT integrity challenges.

Day 3 | Safety Valves, Diagnostics & Flow Assurance

SCSSV principles and calculations, diagnostic and monitoring tools, corrosion evaluation and flow-assurance challenges.

Day 4 | WIMS, Barriers, Standards & Risk

ISO 16530, NORSOK D-010, API guidance, barrier philosophy, performance standards, operating limits, risk assessment, MOC, RACI, assurance and Bow-Tie analysis.

Day 5 | Operational WIMS & Lifecycle Assurance

Surveillance, suspended wells, annular pressure, corrosion and erosion monitoring, maintenance, failure prioritisation, reporting, periodic review and project presentations.

Want the detailed curriculum?

The Programme Guide includes the complete five-day content, calculations, exercises, learning model, participant outcomes and programme details.

Applied Learning

Learn It. Apply It. Defend the Decision.

Participants work through calculations, field cases, integrity assessments and structured decision exercises throughout the programme.

A central Well Integrity Management Project integrates technical, operational, organizational and decision elements.

Participants learn to work through a practical integrity sequence:

Barriers → Surveillance → Diagnostics → Risk → Decision → Escalation → Assurance → Accountability

Private cohorts may apply the programme to their own wells or integrity challenges, subject to confidentiality and programme design.

Who Should Attend

Designed for professionals whose decisions affect containment, production continuity and asset assurance.

Core Technical Participants

• Well Integrity Engineers

• Completion Engineers

• Drilling Engineers

• Production Engineers

• Petroleum Engineers

• Intervention Engineers

• Production Technologists

Cross-Functional Participants

• Reservoir and Operations professionals

• HSE professionals

• Maintenance and Project Engineers

• Technical Auditors and Assurance professionals

Technical & Operational Leadership

• Technical Authorities

• Asset Managers

• Engineering Managers

• Drilling, Production and Maintenance Managers

• Senior Operations Leaders

Particularly relevant for organizations managing:

Mature assets | Late-life wells | HPHT | Sour service | Annulus pressure | Suspended wells | Integrity-critical wells | WIMS improvement

Why This Programme

Practice-Led

Grounded in real integrity challenges from complex international operating environments.

Decision-Focused

Develops engineering judgment rather than standards awareness alone.

Systems-Based

Connects barriers, equipment, surveillance, operations, risk, assurance and accountability.

Applied

Calculations, cases, exercises and project work build confidence in using the learning.

Lifecycle-Focused

Connects today's integrity decisions with production continuity, safety and long-term asset stewardship.

What Participants Value

“The company-wide well integrity programme was tailored to our asset and communicated effectively across all levels, driving meaningful, transformational change.”
President & General Manager

“Excellent programme delivered with a holistic approach. The group discussions and practical exercises were especially valuable.”

Vice President, Production

“The well integrity project section was particularly valuable. Clear, practical, and directly aligned with real operational decision-making.”

Drilling & Completion Manager

Faculty

Michael Etuhoko

Executive Chair & Principal Faculty | 2025–26 SPE Distinguished Lecturer

Michael Etuhoko brings more than 35 years of international experience across well engineering, completion, intervention, well integrity and asset stewardship.

His career includes senior technical and operational roles with TotalEnergies, Shell, KPO and HCML across HPHT, H₂S and CO₂ environments, complex wells and offshore and onshore operations.

Programme Details

Duration 5 Days

Level Advanced

Type Applied Technical Programme

Delivery Live Virtual, In-Person or Private Cohort

Certificate Certificate of Completion

Pathway Energy & Technical Capability

Academy Energy Academy

Investment

Calgary In-Person: US$4,995
Live Virtual: US$4,495

Future Cohorts

2026

• Nov 2–6 | Live Virtual

2027

• Jan 25–29 | Calgary In-Person

• May 3–7 | Live Virtual

Choose Your Participation Route

Individual Participant

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Employer-Sponsored Participant

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Corporate Team

Build integrity capability around your organization's wells, operating environment and integrity priorities.

Protect containment before weak signals become failures.

Strengthen the engineering judgment, risk discipline and lifecycle assurance required to manage integrity before emerging conditions become operational failures.